bridge passage
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of bridge passage
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The bridge passage was leisurely, and there was time for a determined strengthening of the selfish defenses.
From Project Gutenberg
Between these two main themes there is always a modulatory connection or Bridge Passage which, in the time of Haydn, was generally of a very perfunctory, stereotyped character.
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